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National Tree Day at CWF
To celebrate National Tree Day and CWF’s 50th Anniversary, we planted trees! With the help of students at the Kanata Montessori School (across the road from our headquarters in Ottawa),…
Gardening Guide Available for Eastern Ontario
Check out CWF’s latest article on pollinators in the Eastern Ontario Gardener’s Guide, 3rd Edition. In addition to listing garden centres, this handy guide includes articles, tips, lists of local…
Beneficial Insect Water Dish
[PHOTOS: ROBIN AND SARAH COULBER] So many of us have a water source for birds and some have larger features such as ponds which accomodate amphibians and fish, too. But…
This Week in Our Garden
Another aster is blooming – New England aster. But despite more asters and goldenrods putting on their show in our garden and along roadsides, I’m not saying the ‘F’ word…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] Many flowers are still blooming as best they can in this drought that continues on. Despite some rain here and there, water levels are still very low and…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] As summer moves on, many flowers continue to bloom such as echinacea, brown eyed Susans, our wild onions and coreopsis. Pearly everlasting is still going strong, too.…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] These cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) flowers are the latest addition to the blooms in CWF’s Wildlife-friendly Demonstration Garden, giving our local bee population some much needed nectar and…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] Berries are ripening and birds are feasting! This week our pagoda dogwood berries (shown above) are attracting waxwings and eastern kingbirds, among others. I see glimpses of many…
Miraculous Metamorphosis
[PHOTOS: SARAH COULBER] I’m the sort that gets rather nervous at the idea of bringing in a wild animal for observation. For starters, it’s usually illegal. But I’m not talking…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] Well, we’re now officially in a level 2 drought, with no rain for weeks and temperatures continuing in the 30s and sometimes 40s with humidity. The plants in…
